CMGA General Info

Species tulips planted in fall. These appear in early spring. Olivia White Hospice Garden.
Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Welcome to the Coconino County Master Gardeners Association blog. The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment. The purpose of the association is to provide support for those volunteers and Master Gardener graduates, continuing education, and opportunities to participate in community programs that increase the visibility and participation in the Master Gardener Program.
The Coconino Master Gardener Association (2009) began in 2009. This blog contains information on:
-How to become a member
-Volunteer and Education hours reporting
-Calendar of Events
-General gardening information articles
-Master Gardener Association Documents and forms
-References and Resources
-Interesting Websites and Blogs
-Old Gardening Etcetera columns
-Recipes
-Book Reviews
-How to contact Board or Committee Members
Meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Thursday from 600pm - 8;30pm. We meet at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1601 N. San Francisco. This includes continuing education and a business meeting.

Reporting Master Gardener Hours

All master gardener trainees and certified master gardeners need to report their hours.
Beginning in 2010 certified master gardeners need to have 6 Education hours and 12 Volunteer hours in order to maintain certification.The on line reporting system allows you to report Education or Volunteer hours. You can sign in to record hours in the right hand column under Recording Volunteer and Education Hours. Just click on the U. of A.
If you have any questions or concerns about the new reporting system, please contact Brenda Smith (A - M) or Sue Madden (N - Z). Their contacts are listed at the bottom of the blog under Contacts.


Ideas for hours------
--Attend monthly meetings
--Work on an association committee
--Work at an informational booth for the Master Gardeners
--Be a speaker about gardening topics at a variety of venues
--Host a garden tour
--Work at a fundraising event (Plant Sale - Garden Tour).
--Work at a MG site (Olivia White Hospice, the Arboretum, Riordan Mansion, or school gardens (many others)). Check out the Assoc. Doc. & Forms under Volunteer Sites.
--Work in the Extension office
--Write an article for the newspaper column -Gardening Etcetera
-Volunteer with the Seed Library
Be creative! There are many ways to fulfill your hours. Just remember for volunteering it needs to be a non-profit endeavor or an approved for profit site.

Change in Contact Information

Have you moved or changed your e-mail address, but would still like to be contacted about high elevation gardening information from the Extension? The Coconino County Extension Master Gardener Program has a site that will let you change your information on-line.

Click here to change your contact information!

Event Calendar

Friday, April 5, 2019

Gary Nabhan Talk in Flagstaff


Subject: Gary Nabhan talk in Flagstaff April 17

Colleagues,

I'm excited to let you know that the Landscape Conservation Initiative and Sustainable Communities Program are bringing acclaimed author and ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan to Flagstaff for a lecture on Wednesday, April 17.

Gary's talk, "Food from the Radical Center: Rediversifying our Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change," will look at how a number of community-level food restoration projects in the U.S. are conserving native plants, promoting better eating habits and public health, and helping to unite communities at a time of great challenge and division.

Gary is the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security at the University of Arizona, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, the former director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at NAU, and a widely published author and conservationist.

The talk takes place at 7 PM in the High Country Conference Center. It's free, and free vouchers will also be provided for the adjacent parking garage.

Please distribute this widely to your networks, and encourage your students and colleagues to attend!

Thanks,

PF

Peter Friederici
Director, MA in Sustainable Communities
Professor, School of Communication
Northern Arizona University
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